Wardrobe-trunk rack



y L. MYERS.

WARDROBE TRUNK RACK.

APPLICATION FI'LED JAN.29. 192I.

Patented Jan. 3l, 1922'.

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yApplicationiled;January 29,1921; Serial No. 440,970.-

To all whom z'z. may concern:

Be it known that 1,.LoU-1svMnYnRs, acitizen of4 theUnitedStates, and resident; of the city of New York, in the county. of Kings and-'State ofi-New Yorlnvhavelinvented a` certain. new and useful Wardrobe- Trunk Rack, of which thev following'is a speciication.

This invention relates to. trunksand especially to the type commonly known as wardrobe trunks, wherein a pairV of 'hinged compartments is provided, which compartments Kstandon endand Yoneof the compartments is providedrwith devices `for suspend ing clothes therein` in. amanner .thati prevents .their beingl creased while contained inthe trunk.

The principalv object of my invention is 4 to provide a wardrobe trunk-havingsimplified, inexpensive, conveniently and economically manufacturable, conveniently utilizable, and improved means for inserting and suspending the clothes therein and removing the same therefrom.

Another object is to provide means for the aforesaid purpose, wherewith, when the trunk is in open state and the clothes are undergoing insertion thereinto or removal therefrom, they will not tend to overturn the trunk.

Other objects and advantages will hereinv after appear.

In the accompanying drawings,-

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improvements constituting the invention, with the trunk sections shown as broken away, for convenience of illustration.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the clothes supporting devices, etc., shown in Fig. 1.

Figs. 3, 4, and 5 show details of the invention.

The section or compartment 1 constituting the cover of the trunk is joined to the body-section 2 thereof by means of the usual hinges 3. On the interior side 4 of the upper part 5 of the trunk-section 1 is located a fitting 6 that is secured to the side 4 at the corner 7, thereof, which is the intersection of its rear wall 8 and its sidewall 9 that is secured to the hinges 3 Said fitting is provided with a pair of projections 10, and it is secured in place by means of a pair of wings 11 that are riveted to the walls 8, 9. To the projections 10 of the fitting 6 is pivoted. a. bracket. 12 com,prisingavertical pivot-end 13, {afhorizontalor bracket `portionfproper,andaU-shapediend 14, both of said ends,.havingterminals15,116 of yreduced 1 diameter.V -Tlie'bracket 1 2 is pivoted-.to the fitting. 6,; by.y the w verticahportion, 13 -thereof passing.y through an opening; 17 inthe upper projection-10 and, itsfterrninal' 15; passing throughasmalleropeningfin theclowe` projection .10, with ,its shoulder. 13 bearing `against said lowerprojection. Upon the verticalextremity.19ofthe U.-end 14 ofthe bracket .12, is .pivotally mounted a; cross-barv 2.0 which is;V adapted to; support', a; plurality of clothes; hangers 21. .SaidLcross-'bar comprises along; horizontal portion 22'v having its ends23 bent rightang'ularly thereto, and

itsterminals-24 bent. around. arallelly thereto and facing each other, which terminals are preferably-provided .with; knobs25 for better appearance. To the bar-portionv 22 and midway between its ends 23 is secured a plate 26, by means of its end 27 being curled around the bar and riveted thereto. The plate 26 is provided with a projection 28 having an opening 29, and a smaller opening 30 concentric with the opening 29, is provided in the bar-portion 22 and the curled plate-end 27, whereby the cross-bar 21 may be slipped over the bracket 12 by the opening 29 passing over the vertical extremity 19 of the latter and the opening 30 passing over its terminal 16, with the curled end 27 of plate 26 resting upon the shoulder 31 of the bracket, in which manner the crossbar 20 is thus pivotally mounted uponl the bracket 12. A pin 32 'projecting from the vertical portion 13 of bracket v12 abuts against a pin 33 extending from the upper projection 10 of fitting 6, and thereby prevents thebracket from striking the rear wall 8 of the compartment, and the pin 32 abuts against a pin 34 extending from the same projection and thereby prevents the;

bracket from striking against the wall 9. A

pin 35 extending from projection 28 of plate 26 abuts against a pinv36 secured to the upright extremity of the bracket 12, and there-y by prevents the cross-bar 20 from turning inl a clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 2, beyond the full line position indicated in this figure.

In a similar manner a pin 37 .secured to the projection 28 abuts against the pin 36k and prevents the cross-'bar 20 from turning counter-clockwise in an opposite direction beyond the position indicated by the dash and dot lines in Fig. 2.

When it is desired to use this wardrobe trunk, the clothes may be draped over the hangers 21, and the latter may be then suspended upon the bar-ends 23, in the ordinary manner in which this type of two-point hanger is used.

away within the compartment 1, with the said bar and bracket 12 disposed as-shown inl Fig. 2. Should it be desired to remove any of the clothes from the trunk, the same Vmay be very conveniently performed by merely withdrawing the c'ross-bar 20 away from the wall 8, and, while the bracket 12 turns about its pivot, turning` the said crossbarv partially about its own pivot so as vto dispose the cross-bai` with its hangersand clothes to about the position shown by the dash and dot lines vand Fig. 2, in which position access may be very rconveniently had into the compartment the pins 35, 36 operate The cross-bar 20 with its hangers and clothes may be then placedV to prevent the hangers and clothes from striking against the bracket 12.

It will be evident that the bracket 12 is supported at such a point near and relative to the center of gravity of the trunk that when the devicetogether with the hangers and the clothes is drawn out in extended operative position it is iirmly supported and does not ten-d to overturn the trunk, and that the device is otherwise simple, eicient, and convenient of manipulation.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope ofthe invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

f In a wardrobe `trunk a pair of hinged compartments, a bracket pivoted on the interior side of one of said compartments at a point which is adjacent its rearwall and aldjacent tothe wall which is hinged to said other compartment, a cross-bar pivoted'between its ends to said bracket having means for supporting clothes hangers, means to limit the movement of said bracket toward said two walls, and means to limit the movement of said cross-bar in opposite directions beyond a fraction of a complete revolution. Signed at the city of New York, in the county of New York, and State Vof New York, this 27th Vday of January, A. D. 1921. LOUIS MEYER?, 

